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he had the meeting in washington with political leaders. here, he'll talk to world la leaders tomorrow and through the rest of the week. they said if this is such a must-do, moral outrage, where is the rest of the world? where are the other supporter f our actions? secretary kerry put in a tough spot by trying to justify a lock, lack of a broad and diverse coalition here. >> thank you. >> you bet. >>> to corporate news, microsoft is making a big bet on the future of cell phones amid tough competition from apple and google. they are paying $7.2 billion for nokia along with a long list of technology patents. nokia uses the windows operating system in most phones, so it looks like a good fit but microsoft was the biggest decliner in the dow today with many investors feeling it may be too little too late. with more on the deal and what microsoft hopes to gain, here is john forbes. >> reporter: it's been almost a year since microsoft launched windows 8 to gain ground in tablets and maybe give a lift to its struggling business in phone software.
he had the meeting in washington with political leaders. here, he'll talk to world la leaders tomorrow and through the rest of the week. they said if this is such a must-do, moral outrage, where is the rest of the world? where are the other supporter f our actions? secretary kerry put in a tough spot by trying to justify a lock, lack of a broad and diverse coalition here. >> thank you. >> you bet. >>> to corporate news, microsoft is making a big bet on the future of cell...
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at washington's national cathedral, they held a traditional pancake race. >> praise god from whom all -- >> in england, this is pancake day, and the pancake races are somewhat legendary. they date to the 15th century. people were encouraged, going into lent, to use up all of the sweet and fattening things in their pantries and so pancakes was a way to use up butter, eggs, flour and sugar. and the races, legend has it, that a woman was cooking her pancakes on her stove top when she heard the noon day church bells ringing and realized she was late for church. so she grabbed her pancakes off the stove and ran through the town with her skillet and pancake to get to church on time. the general rules are that all of the runners have to flip their pancake three times while they run and that if they drop their pancake, they have to recite a poem as a penalty, and that poem is pancakes are good, pancakes are greasy, i thought flipping pancakes was going to be easy. as you saw today an awful lot of people dropped their pancakes. i'm not sure a lot followed our rules exactly, but i know everybod
at washington's national cathedral, they held a traditional pancake race. >> praise god from whom all -- >> in england, this is pancake day, and the pancake races are somewhat legendary. they date to the 15th century. people were encouraged, going into lent, to use up all of the sweet and fattening things in their pantries and so pancakes was a way to use up butter, eggs, flour and sugar. and the races, legend has it, that a woman was cooking her pancakes on her stove top when she...
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. >>> in washington this week, religious groups were among those who rallied at the supreme court, as oral arguments were heard for and against california's proposition 8, which would have banned gay marriage there, and the federal defense of marriage act, doma, which recognizes marriage only between a man and a woman. tim o'brien was at the court, listening to the stices, and he filed this rert. >> reporter: the debate over same-sex marriage that has so divided the country brought thousands on both sides of the issue to the supreme court tuesday and wednesday. they were passionate, and together they made it one of the largest demonstrations at the high court in decades. defenders of traditional marriage also held a separate demonstration on the national mall. religious groups do not speak with one voice on the same-sex marriage issue, but more oppose it than support it. salvatore cordileone, archbishop of san francisco, is one of the co-authors of prop 8. he also chairs the committee on marriage of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. >> why really, though, are we here? one simpl
. >>> in washington this week, religious groups were among those who rallied at the supreme court, as oral arguments were heard for and against california's proposition 8, which would have banned gay marriage there, and the federal defense of marriage act, doma, which recognizes marriage only between a man and a woman. tim o'brien was at the court, listening to the stices, and he filed this rert. >> reporter: the debate over same-sex marriage that has so divided the country...
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he says it's fixed to the extent that obviously money has much more influence on washington. >> that to me is the shame. >> charlie: and the unfairness. >> yes. it's terrible. >> charlie: exactly. >> and i find that, first of all, i find that morally revolting. and the idea that money plays such a massive part and that you have to raise hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millio of dollars. >> charlie: you spend more time raising money tn you do being creative about solving the nation problems. >> yes. and we have a lot of problems. and i don't care if the solutions are on the right, the left or center. >> charlie: exactly. that's the way it ought to be. in fact you should not necessarily be able to argue all the solutions come from either of those three places. they come from all of those places. >> they come from all of those places often. >> charlie: you also have this great interest as i do but i mean in travel, in being, working in a bunch of places, whether it's you're or whether it's latin america. is that simply the attraction of those ples or some dis disenchantment with a
he says it's fixed to the extent that obviously money has much more influence on washington. >> that to me is the shame. >> charlie: and the unfairness. >> yes. it's terrible. >> charlie: exactly. >> and i find that, first of all, i find that morally revolting. and the idea that money plays such a massive part and that you have to raise hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millio of dollars. >> charlie: you spend more time raising money tn you do being...
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in the past, hagel was heavily criticized for comments he made about a "jewish lobby" in washington and for positions he took on iran. several jewish groups that had previously expressed reservations about hagel said they would not oppose him. but, the republican jewish coalition called his selection a "slap in the face" for anyone concerned about israel. >>> president obama meanwhile nominated counter terrorism advisor john brennan to lead the cia. some ethicists have questioned brennan's support for the country's controversial drone program, which brennan defended in a speech at the woodrow wilson center last may. >> targeted strikes conform to the principal of humanity, which requires us to use weapons that will not inflict unnecessary suffering. for all these reasons, i suggest to you that these targeted strikes against al qaeda terrorists are indeed ethical and just. >>> also this week, obama chose his chief of staff jack lew, an orthodox jew, to head the treasury department. >>> plans are being completed for president obama's second inaugural, but controversy has already prompted
in the past, hagel was heavily criticized for comments he made about a "jewish lobby" in washington and for positions he took on iran. several jewish groups that had previously expressed reservations about hagel said they would not oppose him. but, the republican jewish coalition called his selection a "slap in the face" for anyone concerned about israel. >>> president obama meanwhile nominated counter terrorism advisor john brennan to lead the cia. some ethicists...
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washington wants to build a soccer stadium and for msg, it's spending a billion dollars to renovate madison square garden but new york will not commit to letting the garden stay at the location beyond another decade. why come to l.a. and take on aeg? >> the staple center is so over booked, so many teams and events happening there. they believe the market can support another major venue. >> reporter: the form will have a billion-dollar impact and inglewood officials will forgive $20 million in loans if certain benchmarks are met and there is a names rights deal with chase and if all goes according to plan, the forum will return to glory days and not return into a hotel california. >> thank you for a real place to play in los angeles. >>> action in several sectors in the market focus tonight beginning with biotech. alexion soared again today on reports it hired goldman sachs to consider from roast far suit kills. they specialized in orphan drugs, treatments for rare diseases. alexion closed at $117.08. >>> investors bid up shares awaiting after the bell earns and awarded with a strong quarter
washington wants to build a soccer stadium and for msg, it's spending a billion dollars to renovate madison square garden but new york will not commit to letting the garden stay at the location beyond another decade. why come to l.a. and take on aeg? >> the staple center is so over booked, so many teams and events happening there. they believe the market can support another major venue. >> reporter: the form will have a billion-dollar impact and inglewood officials will forgive $20...
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some of the hot bed areas, los angeles, san francisco, houston, atlanta and washington, d.c. and some of the top small businesses that raise red flags are construction companies, real estate rental firms because they tend to write off so much. so, there's so much going on there, that we have to keep an eye on those tax cheats. >> first, you got to file your taxes. >> and hurry up. you'veot until midnight. thanks for watching. >> i'm bill griffin. have a great evening. we'll see you tomorrow.
some of the hot bed areas, los angeles, san francisco, houston, atlanta and washington, d.c. and some of the top small businesses that raise red flags are construction companies, real estate rental firms because they tend to write off so much. so, there's so much going on there, that we have to keep an eye on those tax cheats. >> first, you got to file your taxes. >> and hurry up. you'veot until midnight. thanks for watching. >> i'm bill griffin. have a great evening. we'll...
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. >>> the dalai lama arrived in washington this week for an 11-day peace festival. the event, called a kalachakra, includes buddhist rituals and lectures by the dalai lama and others. the opening ceremonies took place on the dalai lama's 76th birthday. the spiritual leader spoke of his recent decision to give up his role in the tibetan government in exile. he said he has come to believe religious and political institutions should be separate. >>> we have a special report now on the ongoing theological controversy among many christians, especially evangelical protestants, over who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. is salvation limited only to those who profess faith in jesus christ? one prominent evangelical pastor has re-opened the ancient debe. kim lawton reports. ♪ i can only imagine ♪ what i will do >>> for millennia, people have being trying to imagine what happens after death. is there a heaven? who gets in? and what happens to those who don't? >> everybody dies. we want to hope that the people we love we'll see again, and we want to hope that our own id
. >>> the dalai lama arrived in washington this week for an 11-day peace festival. the event, called a kalachakra, includes buddhist rituals and lectures by the dalai lama and others. the opening ceremonies took place on the dalai lama's 76th birthday. the spiritual leader spoke of his recent decision to give up his role in the tibetan government in exile. he said he has come to believe religious and political institutions should be separate. >>> we have a special report now...
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joining me from washington as we begin our program is senator tom coburn of oklahoma. he recently pulled out of the bipartisan group of senators known as the gang of six. he was recently on this program and we had a thorough discussion of the issues and i'm not sure they have changed. senator, what did you think of what the president said today and obviously of what congress... house spker boehner said over the weekend. >> well, i think first of all the president realizes we have to get a big deal. as we discussed a couple of weeks ago or last week, charlie, if you don't send the appropriate signal to international financial communities, you can raise the debt ceiling but the interest costs are going to go through the roof. so it has to be a big deal and so i think he recognizes that. and i think speaker boehner subpoena looking at the reality of what's going to happen in 2013 without agreeing to what the president said. we're going to have 4.9% increases on taxes on everybody earning er $200,000 a year anyway just from the affordabl care act. so you'll see significant
joining me from washington as we begin our program is senator tom coburn of oklahoma. he recently pulled out of the bipartisan group of senators known as the gang of six. he was recently on this program and we had a thorough discussion of the issues and i'm not sure they have changed. senator, what did you think of what the president said today and obviously of what congress... house spker boehner said over the weekend. >> well, i think first of all the president realizes we have to get a...
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the stalemate and the grid lock in washington d.c. the bail out of banks but not of the little guy. the folks feeling like nobody's listening. those are l things that and issues that we're grappling with every day in our cities. how we put people back to work and really restore the lust if you are of the american dream- -- luster of the american dream. >> charlie: you say the occupyovement faces the question how it can build on its initial success. it's a question whether energy will be consumed to defend a particular patch of earth or whether that energy is spreading the message of economic equal. is that a dilemma that you tnk faces the movement at this moment. >> i do. as an example, just as l.a. and our police department charted a different path, so did they. they were very peace peaceful e most part. did they always comply with every order, no. were they arrested from time to time. yes, including last night. but they were peaceful. if they're going to be successful, they have to be peaceful. the power of non-violence is the power we saw with the civil rights movement and martin
the stalemate and the grid lock in washington d.c. the bail out of banks but not of the little guy. the folks feeling like nobody's listening. those are l things that and issues that we're grappling with every day in our cities. how we put people back to work and really restore the lust if you are of the american dream- -- luster of the american dream. >> charlie: you say the occupyovement faces the question how it can build on its initial success. it's a question whether energy will be...
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. >> sue, i'm tyler mathisen in washington at the big investment company institute. it's their 55th annual meeting, and we will talk about the $27 trillion global mutual fund business with greg johnson, the ceo of one of the biggest franklin templeton. but first, sue, it seems like all of yesterday's sellers turned around and became buyers today. >> they sure did, ty. sell in may, well, not today. stocks surged higher with traders taking back and making back all of the losses from yesterday. and that's after first-time jobless claims fell by 18,000 last week. dropping to a more than five-year low and on hopes that an interest rate cut by the european central bank will help jump-start the eurozone economy. well, taking a look at how the numbers finished on wall street, the dow rose 130 points, the nasdaq was up 41 on the strength of technology stocks. and the s&p 500 added nearly 1 just enough to reach another all-time closing high. >> well, sue, in addition to the weekly jobless claims numbers, planned layoffs in april dipped 23% to their lowest levels of the year so
. >> sue, i'm tyler mathisen in washington at the big investment company institute. it's their 55th annual meeting, and we will talk about the $27 trillion global mutual fund business with greg johnson, the ceo of one of the biggest franklin templeton. but first, sue, it seems like all of yesterday's sellers turned around and became buyers today. >> they sure did, ty. sell in may, well, not today. stocks surged higher with traders taking back and making back all of the losses from...
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. ♪ >>> and veterans from iraq and afghanistan on a healing pilgrimage at washington's national cathedral. >>> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment. an indianapolis based private foundation. dedicated to community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why yourretirementcompany.com. >>> al also by the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us. pope benedict named 22 new cardinaled this weekend. the list includes two americans, archbishop raymond burk, the former archbishop of st. louis. he also ineased the pcentage of italians in the college of cardinals as well as the number who come from the vatican's bureaucracy. the new cardinals will receive their traditional red hats at a ceremony in rome on november 20th. we get analysis from father thomas reese, a senior fellow at georgetown university's woodstock center and authority on the vatican bureaucracy. tom, welcome. >> thank you. >> repor
. ♪ >>> and veterans from iraq and afghanistan on a healing pilgrimage at washington's national cathedral. >>> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment. an indianapolis based private foundation. dedicated to community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why yourretirementcompany.com. >>> al also by the corporation for...
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a washington who don it by matt buy." did you read this? >> i cursely read it. >> rose: it's an effort to find out why the president and the speaker of the house failed. why do you think it failed? >> because of the speaker could not deliver on it. i know for sure that the president wanted to have a grand bargain. there were many... >> rose: what was the president's grand bargain? >> well, it was to be... not to go into all the details but it was to have the bare outlines of it over $4 trillion in deficit reduction. it recognized that to do that... >> rose: over ten years. >> over ten years, yes. at least. you know, get us down that path but at least $4 trillion in deficit reduction. that would have been great. in order to do that, ther had to be srifice and change on all sides. the president was willing to address some sacred cows that were not particularly popular on the democratic side. >> rose: which one did he address? >> well, he talked about mandatory spending in terms of entitlements. snipe did he offer specific cuts that people cou
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. >> for nightly business report, i'm hampton pearson in washington. >> also on the medical front today, a new tests now available that can help distinguish between aggressive forms of prostate cancer and the less threatening once. the hope is that the test could significantly increase the number of men who would monitor their tumor. shares of genomic health, the company that makes the test rose more than 6% today. coming up, we'll take you inside a computer lab with a new war against cyber terrorism that's being wedged. >> but first, take a look now at how commodities, currencies fared today. ♪ ♪ >> on capitol hill today, computer hacking in the spotlight. a senate committee looked at the growing threat of sophisticated computer hacking attacks on corporations and government agencies, sometimes at the hands of china's military. one company in upstate new york is at the forefront of the new cyber battlefield, tracking down and stopping those violations. eamon javers has more. >> on the front lineses of the cyber war things look much different than u.s. military veterans are used to,
. >> for nightly business report, i'm hampton pearson in washington. >> also on the medical front today, a new tests now available that can help distinguish between aggressive forms of prostate cancer and the less threatening once. the hope is that the test could significantly increase the number of men who would monitor their tumor. shares of genomic health, the company that makes the test rose more than 6% today. coming up, we'll take you inside a computer lab with a new war...
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i'm diana olick in washington. >>> a small biotech stock makes a move lower. vical will stop development for its cancer therapy drug. a late stage trial, failed to demonstrate that the treatment was significantly better than conventional chemotherapy. the company will focus on its infectious disease vaccine. that sent shares plummeting down more than 57% to 1.53. >>> young brands reported a 15% drop in july sales in china. the parent company of kfc and pizza hut posted a steeper decline in those stores after a food safety scare. china is the company's most important market generating more than half its operating profit. shares were up fractionally at the close. but then as you see on that chart, they fell after hours. >>> farm commitment stocks getting a boost from the crop report today. the department of agriculture cut its forecast for the size of the corn harvest here. prices shot up for commodities like corn and wheat. investors seem to be buying into the idea that farmers are more likely to buy new tractors and combines when commodities prices rise. agco
i'm diana olick in washington. >>> a small biotech stock makes a move lower. vical will stop development for its cancer therapy drug. a late stage trial, failed to demonstrate that the treatment was significantly better than conventional chemotherapy. the company will focus on its infectious disease vaccine. that sent shares plummeting down more than 57% to 1.53. >>> young brands reported a 15% drop in july sales in china. the parent company of kfc and pizza hut posted a...
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cities including washington d.c., los angeles and chicago. shear speaking out against what they see as corrupt greed and the growing economy. >> it's about the profits of the government and we understand that nothing really can be changed on an individual policy basis until we figure structured is addressed. it's the money in politics and the way that elections are conducted favor so greatly a ti percent of the country that when we talk about the 99% that's not rlly a metapr, that's aiteral 99% of t country. and ihink what we imagine here is a way whereolitics could be completely reinvented and actually address the things that people want in a wayhat the current system doesn't. >> charlie: there remains questions about the leadership, goals and sustainability of the movement but the protests had become part of the national conversation, they have gained momentum and atension. joining me from wash jared bernstein on budget and economy priorities and marshal ganz of th kennedy school of harvard and william buster one of the spokes persons of th
cities including washington d.c., los angeles and chicago. shear speaking out against what they see as corrupt greed and the growing economy. >> it's about the profits of the government and we understand that nothing really can be changed on an individual policy basis until we figure structured is addressed. it's the money in politics and the way that elections are conducted favor so greatly a ti percent of the country that when we talk about the 99% that's not rlly a metapr, that's...
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i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> on wall street it looks like nothing can keep stocks down as they notch the sixth winning week in a row. the major averages spent most of today's session flat or in negative territories and they wonder what to make of the numbers and how they might influence the program. they concluded the numbers didn't mean much or nothing too bad and pushed the averages modestly higher that propelled the dow and s&p 500 to fresh new closing highs. the dow closed out the session 30 points higher extending it's weekly winning streak to six. the nasdaq up 13 and the s&p up two points. >>> more now on the job market and impacts from one of the hardest hit segments of the labor market. teens. the high jobless rate for teenagers is cutting spender power and with parents expected to cut back, top retailers are feeling the pinch of the teen unemployment crisis. courtney regan has more. >> reporter: while the unemployment rate dropped slightly in july, it's still subburnly high for the entire u.s. labor force. but it's dangerously high for america's youth, and that's goin
i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> on wall street it looks like nothing can keep stocks down as they notch the sixth winning week in a row. the major averages spent most of today's session flat or in negative territories and they wonder what to make of the numbers and how they might influence the program. they concluded the numbers didn't mean much or nothing too bad and pushed the averages modestly higher that propelled the dow and s&p 500 to fresh new closing highs. the dow...
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darren gersh, nbr, washington. >> susie: here on wall street, traders and investors were taking a fresh look at stock sectors today, assessing what a romney or obama win would mean for the markets. so a lot of talk about minutes from the latest federal reserve meeting, and word that policymakers are considering numerical targets for unemployment as a guide for fed policy action. by the closing bell, the dow added about 81 points, the nasdaq rose 14, and a ten point gain on the s&p. joining us now to talk about all this, art hogan, managing director and strategist at lazard capital markets. you know on the floor a lot of the traders were calling this a romney raleigh. others say there were other factors, what were the message of the markets today? >> well, i tell you this, i think romney had a big part in this. the other piece was that the-- they came out and pretty positive commentary about what they are going to do about their monetary policy but if you look at how sectors mover today we saw a romney affect as you look at health care sectors and the hospitals in particular. >> susie: e
darren gersh, nbr, washington. >> susie: here on wall street, traders and investors were taking a fresh look at stock sectors today, assessing what a romney or obama win would mean for the markets. so a lot of talk about minutes from the latest federal reserve meeting, and word that policymakers are considering numerical targets for unemployment as a guide for fed policy action. by the closing bell, the dow added about 81 points, the nasdaq rose 14, and a ten point gain on the s&p....
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what the economy really needs is something that we can't give it, unfortunately, people in washington, they -- d.c., they don't want to do that. they want everybody to believe that they're the cause of growth, that they're the savior of the economy. i wish that the fed would get out of that game. >> susie: i have a quick answer from john. what are the markets expecting to hear from bernanke? >> i think that he's ready to do whatever has to be done. i think they need some sense of support from the fed. that doesn't mean action, it just means they're there if it's needed. >> susie: all right. we'll leave it there. thank you so much, gentlemen. brian wesbury from first trust advisers and john manly from wells fargo advantage funds. >> reporter: i'm erika miller in new york. still ahead, bidding wars have returned to new york city and elsewhere. i'll tell you what that means for the housing market. >> tom: greece wants more time to cut its government deficit. the country's prime minister began a series of meetings today with european leaders, hoping to build support for a plan giving it t
what the economy really needs is something that we can't give it, unfortunately, people in washington, they -- d.c., they don't want to do that. they want everybody to believe that they're the cause of growth, that they're the savior of the economy. i wish that the fed would get out of that game. >> susie: i have a quick answer from john. what are the markets expecting to hear from bernanke? >> i think that he's ready to do whatever has to be done. i think they need some sense of...
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i look at, for example, the power of money in washington. just look at 2009-2010. financial industry contributed $318 million to politicians in washington in those two years. the health care industry $145 million. the energy industry $75 million. is it any surprise that we got watered-down financial reform, that we didn't have a public optional tern tiff to a private insurance and health care bill? we didn't ge any energy bill? i mean, that is, i think, directly related to the role money plays in our politics. you combine that with the extremism that comes from the way we.... >> charlie: but money and politics is not a new story. when will it change? >> it will change when there's a movement of people, citizens, that demand it to change. at one point, charlie, in america, there was only one abolitionist who said slavery was wrong. there was only one suffer jet who said women need theight to vote. only one civil rights worker who said we have to perfect the american promise for african americans and only one environmentalist who said we have to clean up our air and
i look at, for example, the power of money in washington. just look at 2009-2010. financial industry contributed $318 million to politicians in washington in those two years. the health care industry $145 million. the energy industry $75 million. is it any surprise that we got watered-down financial reform, that we didn't have a public optional tern tiff to a private insurance and health care bill? we didn't ge any energy bill? i mean, that is, i think, directly related to the role money plays...
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the state affiliated china daily faced two-page ads in the "new york times" and "washington post" on september 28th. the ads refer to the islands as the chinese name for the territory. they accused washington and tokyo of crafting backroom deals to give japan administrative control over the islands. it called the deals illegal and invalid. >>> carmakers from around the world are in china this week taking part in an international automobile show. the strained relations over the senkaku islands have put a dent in japan's participation in the event. the international automobile show opened on wednesday with all the flash and glitter usually associated with car shows. on display are the latest models of 65 u.s., european and asian carmakers. japan's toyota and nissan car companies are among those showing off their newest models, but noticeably absent are other well-known japanese brands, honda, mitsubishi and subaru. the local car dealers decided not to take part in this year's event following anti-japan unrest in several chinese cities last month. >> translator: i do not want to buy a j
the state affiliated china daily faced two-page ads in the "new york times" and "washington post" on september 28th. the ads refer to the islands as the chinese name for the territory. they accused washington and tokyo of crafting backroom deals to give japan administrative control over the islands. it called the deals illegal and invalid. >>> carmakers from around the world are in china this week taking part in an international automobile show. the strained...
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. >> rose: whatever happened to your business in washington. >> we had to vote. >> rose: you had to vote. so let's tuck about immigration and let's talk about cuba and talk about presidential politics and talk about the economy and other issues that might come up. >> first the immigration issue. >> yes. >> and today's vote on arizona. >> well, first, you know, it is interesting, and i grappled with that issue during my campaign, there and one of the chapters in the book as i am discussing how the campaign unfolded talked about a moment of time in april when arizona passed the immigration law and asked to comment and as candidate of the united states senate and i was torn about it, initially i didn't like it at all, i mean i didn't like this idea you could profile people, this was being said about it and two things happened, the first is arizona went back and tweaked the law to make it specifically prohibited, to be able to profile people, it was never their intent but they went back and delineated that specifically. and then the second thing that happened is i started to learn more about
. >> rose: whatever happened to your business in washington. >> we had to vote. >> rose: you had to vote. so let's tuck about immigration and let's talk about cuba and talk about presidential politics and talk about the economy and other issues that might come up. >> first the immigration issue. >> yes. >> and today's vote on arizona. >> well, first, you know, it is interesting, and i grappled with that issue during my campaign, there and one of the...
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[cheers and applause] foreign policy is too damned important to be left to the striped-pants set in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause] mind you, speaking of the big boys, now they got involved. >> ♪ oh, oh, ooooh ♪ what congress done to me ♪ oh, oh, ooooh >> yeah. >> ♪ what congress done to me >> i'll tell you what congress done to me. they done h.r. 1644, a bill in the house of representatives introduced by mr. allen of louisiana: "to direct the deportation of harry renton bridges. be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the attorney general be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take into custody forthwith and deport forthwith to australia the alien harry renton bridges." it was a fine debate. "congressman fish, the time has come to find out whether harry bridges, an australian alien, or the congress of the united states runs this government." i think he was overestimating me a little bit there. anyway, the vote was 330 to 42 to kick me out. well, the at
[cheers and applause] foreign policy is too damned important to be left to the striped-pants set in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause] mind you, speaking of the big boys, now they got involved. >> ♪ oh, oh, ooooh ♪ what congress done to me ♪ oh, oh, ooooh >> yeah. >> ♪ what congress done to me >> i'll tell you what congress done to me. they done h.r. 1644, a bill in the house of representatives introduced by mr. allen of louisiana: "to direct the...
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>> we're a non-partisan, non-advocacy research organization based through washington, d.c. we're funded by the pew charitable trust out of philadelphia. and the pew hispanic center is actually part of a broader rger center called the pew research center. we do public opinion surveys, but we also do a lot of look at the demographics of the hispanic community. and one of our signature products actually is, how many unauthorized immigrants are there in the country. but our point is to provide facts. what do we know about the latino population in the us and how are they changing the us and how is the us changing them? >> hinojosa: so, results of the 2010 census. we're now talking about latinos being more than 50 million? >> that's correct, 50.5 million were counted in the 50 states plus the district of columbia. and when you include the island of puerto rico, you get about another 3.8 million latinos. so the hispanic population of the u.s. has grown tremendously, by about 43% over the last decade. and that growth alone actually has accounted for more than half of the nation's p
>> we're a non-partisan, non-advocacy research organization based through washington, d.c. we're funded by the pew charitable trust out of philadelphia. and the pew hispanic center is actually part of a broader rger center called the pew research center. we do public opinion surveys, but we also do a lot of look at the demographics of the hispanic community. and one of our signature products actually is, how many unauthorized immigrants are there in the country. but our point is to...
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angela attended howard university in washington, d.c., got her law degree at the university of california at berkeley, came of age at the height of the civil rights struggle and the black power movement and then for ten years was partner at a public interest law firm called public advocates. she founded the oakland urban strategies council and worked to figure out new ways to bring oakland's inner city back to life. after serving as vice president of the rockefeller foundation, she became the founder and chief executive officer of policy link. that's an organization that bodes h belief tt government and public policy can still make a difference by increasing opportunity for all, including those for whom the american dream has been, as the poet langston hughes wrote, a dream deferred. angela glover blackwell, welcome. >> thank you. no one i know has worked harder or fought harder about how to rekindle, restore the american dream. and yet here we are, middle class struggling, poverty crsing, e gap between the rich and the poor greater than it's been in your and my lifetime. what keeps you f
angela attended howard university in washington, d.c., got her law degree at the university of california at berkeley, came of age at the height of the civil rights struggle and the black power movement and then for ten years was partner at a public interest law firm called public advocates. she founded the oakland urban strategies council and worked to figure out new ways to bring oakland's inner city back to life. after serving as vice president of the rockefeller foundation, she became the...
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washington irving invented hristmas, in theense in whi weeant. but what dickens did was to page christmas into a symbol of something. and obviously wlae was saying, his simple message was if we can be kind to each other on this one day of the year y can't we extend it across the whole of the year. as he says, and looks to on those below us as fellow passengers to the grave. but actually, the fascinating thing about christmas caroll is that it emerged not out of any consideration of christmas but out of the report, the parliamentary report of the employment of children in the minds. and dickens read it with such disgust and horror he determined as he said to strike a sledgehammer below against such activities. and the book is the direct result of that. and the core of the book comes when the spirit of christmas present is about to take his leave of scrooge. and scrooge discerns twoferel children emerging from the robes of the spirit. he says spirit, are these children yours. and the spirit says they are mankinds. the girl is want, the boy is ignor
washington irving invented hristmas, in theense in whi weeant. but what dickens did was to page christmas into a symbol of something. and obviously wlae was saying, his simple message was if we can be kind to each other on this one day of the year y can't we extend it across the whole of the year. as he says, and looks to on those below us as fellow passengers to the grave. but actually, the fascinating thing about christmas caroll is that it emerged not out of any consideration of christmas...
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it was a story i was surrounded by in washington, d.c. where everyone around me, the parents were from south carolina, north carolina, georgia. my mother was from rome, georgia migrated to washington, d.c. my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c. different decades, would never have met had there been no great migration, had they not left the south and landed in the same city. so in some ways i exist because of the great migration and i think i've been in some ways writing it all my life. >> rose: david grossman and isabel wilkerson coming up. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> ros
it was a story i was surrounded by in washington, d.c. where everyone around me, the parents were from south carolina, north carolina, georgia. my mother was from rome, georgia migrated to washington, d.c. my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c. different decades, would never have met had there been no great migration, had they not left the south and landed in the same city. so in some ways i exist because of the great migration and i think i've been in some ways writing...
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and you never left washington. >> no, well, we have a place in los angeles. >> rose: i know but washington is where you are based. >> yeah. >> rose: and you made documentaries too. but did you find the kind of satisfaction for documentars that would you have found making feature films? >> i did. you know, i've been able to do so many things. and washington gave me a different perspective. i also made, wrote and directed a miniseries on brown versus the board of education. >> rose: absolutely. >> in which sydney poitier ayed thurgood marshall and burt lancaster played john w davis. so-- . >> rose: two opposing counsels on the argument. >> exactly, in the supreme court. so you know, i'vead the oppounit to do really the creative things that i want to do. and i had just-- i can did produce from my friend terrence malick the james jones film, thin red line. >> rose: so the kennedy center honors which is as i suggested one of the great events in washington, and then seen on cbs on december 26th. this partnership has worked well. but it is something that i think people aspire to. it's likthe pres
and you never left washington. >> no, well, we have a place in los angeles. >> rose: i know but washington is where you are based. >> yeah. >> rose: and you made documentaries too. but did you find the kind of satisfaction for documentars that would you have found making feature films? >> i did. you know, i've been able to do so many things. and washington gave me a different perspective. i also made, wrote and directed a miniseries on brown versus the board of...
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her own parents made this journey from georgia and southern virginia to washington, d. -- washington, d.c., where she grew up. her book is just out and called "the warmth of oth suns: the epic story of amica's great migration." shis also the first african- american woman to win a pulitzer prize and is crowned a professor of journalism and director of narrative nonfiction at boston university. she joins me in the studio. welcome. absolutely remarkable book. what inspired you? talk about your own family. >> in some ways, i think that grew up with fact that almost born to be writing this book. another migrated from georgia come a small towto washington, d.c.. -- my mother migrated from georgia, and my father migrated from southern virginia. they met in washington, d.c. and met. if it was not for the migration, they would not have met and i would not be here. >> what did they leave? what they were living under a caste system which dictated and controlled every lives of african-americans. in many ways the were seeking political asylum from a caste system that determined that in birmingham,
her own parents made this journey from georgia and southern virginia to washington, d. -- washington, d.c., where she grew up. her book is just out and called "the warmth of oth suns: the epic story of amica's great migration." shis also the first african- american woman to win a pulitzer prize and is crowned a professor of journalism and director of narrative nonfiction at boston university. she joins me in the studio. welcome. absolutely remarkable book. what inspired you? talk...
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but things got pretty nasty in washington thereafter. so i think george is right. i don't think that any one president can turn the tide of history quite like that. by the same token, look, the short term matters a lot. and the fact that the president hit the notes that he did i think... and as ross said, conservatives took courage from this but there was a way in which he did the right thing. and that's important right now. that was the job he had in front of him. whether he can change everything in the long term i doubt it. i think that george is right. >> rose: ross you think nothing will change in the longer run in terms of the absence of civility in our debate? >> well, yeah. i mean i think a certain pessimism is always in order in these things. i do think, though, that we've passed... i mean it may or may not have anything to do with this particular atrocity and his response to it, but we are passing into a different kind of political moment where we just went through two years where the republican party was essentially leaderless, where the republicans had b
but things got pretty nasty in washington thereafter. so i think george is right. i don't think that any one president can turn the tide of history quite like that. by the same token, look, the short term matters a lot. and the fact that the president hit the notes that he did i think... and as ross said, conservatives took courage from this but there was a way in which he did the right thing. and that's important right now. that was the job he had in front of him. whether he can change...
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because it is one thing i learned early on in washington working for bill crew, chairman of the joint chiefs when i was a young big a drear, it was that we do one thing very well in washington, we with but when we start doinging two things we tend to lose focus on one or the other. and when iraq was the-- when afghanistan was the front-page story every day, when the focus was on afghanistan we were making real progress in afghanistan. but the minute we diverted our attention into iraq, not only did the military say u oh now we have two wars to fight and therefore we've got to be satisfied with a lesser number of troops even though things aren't going that well, but in washington we started looking at the war in iraq, particularly when it didn't go billion when we tried to do it with two-- and so afghanistan started going downhill. now i fault the military to some degree because it wasn't until stand mcchrystal went in and looked around and said, and stan is a great war fighter. and stan said we have to have more troops. we're losing this. that we suddenly saw that we had to surge and
because it is one thing i learned early on in washington working for bill crew, chairman of the joint chiefs when i was a young big a drear, it was that we do one thing very well in washington, we with but when we start doinging two things we tend to lose focus on one or the other. and when iraq was the-- when afghanistan was the front-page story every day, when the focus was on afghanistan we were making real progress in afghanistan. but the minute we diverted our attention into iraq, not only...
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. >> rose: also, david ignatius of the "washington post" from washington. >> on the larger question here of whether the obama administration before the election had an interest in minimizing the public's understanding that al qaeda still posed a threat, a different threat from the one that we were used to with bin laden but a threat nonetheless, i think the answer increasingly yes s yes. they didn't want the public to see that effort as anything other than a great success. that was part of obama's appeal. so i'd say on the particular details, i don't see much. on the broad theme, did they want the public to feel al qaeda was down for the count? yes, i think they did. >> rose: we conclude with julian sands, a british actor, talking about harold pinter, the english playwright and nobel laureate. >> in comparison with harold, other people looked blurred because he was such a life force. he was so present. he was so forceful. and he lived by pure intention. >> rose: aluf, dvid ignatius and julian sands when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york
. >> rose: also, david ignatius of the "washington post" from washington. >> on the larger question here of whether the obama administration before the election had an interest in minimizing the public's understanding that al qaeda still posed a threat, a different threat from the one that we were used to with bin laden but a threat nonetheless, i think the answer increasingly yes s yes. they didn't want the public to see that effort as anything other than a great success....
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by2017, e governnt's share starts to ramp down, so that by 2020, moving forward, washington will pay 90% of the tab with states picking up the other 10%. but many republican governors said this summer they would not opt into the medicaid expansion after the supreme court ruled states could opt out and not be penalized. texas governor rick perry was among them. the state leads the nation in the number of uninsured residents some six million. >> the idea of expanding medicaid, we're not going to do it in texas. >> woodruff: to date, at least a dozen republican governors are declining to take part in the expansion. and even in states like florida, it still must be approved by state legislatures. we take a closer look now at the shift by scott and others and the choices states face ahead of next year's roll-out of the new health care law. we get two views. paul howard is senior fellow and director of the center for medical progress at the manhattan institute, a conservative policy research center. and ron pollock is executive director of families u.s.a. a health care consumer advocacy gr
by2017, e governnt's share starts to ramp down, so that by 2020, moving forward, washington will pay 90% of the tab with states picking up the other 10%. but many republican governors said this summer they would not opt into the medicaid expansion after the supreme court ruled states could opt out and not be penalized. texas governor rick perry was among them. the state leads the nation in the number of uninsured residents some six million. >> the idea of expanding medicaid, we're not...
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if you look at washington, if you look at state houses and so forth. city government is functioning very well. and i think one of the things that we're going to see in this newera of climate change is cities will take actions where nation states will not. >> "new york" magazine wrote of you, densitind public transportation are the cojoined twins of national city planning. >> i think that's absolutely correct. you know it's not about density for density's sake. it's not just about building skyscrapers off in the desert somewhere. it's really about that special alchemy that comes between building dense urban living and all the mass transit that supports it. i take the subway every where. i think it is the fastest way to get around town. >> it is indeed. >> it's a joy because you can read. you can work. you can listen music. and you are not trying to text while you drive. >> right, right. >> what's interesting too is that i just saw a thing, we did a thing on cbs this morning, a report on its second avenue subway. and to go inside to see the mammoth effor
if you look at washington, if you look at state houses and so forth. city government is functioning very well. and i think one of the things that we're going to see in this newera of climate change is cities will take actions where nation states will not. >> "new york" magazine wrote of you, densitind public transportation are the cojoined twins of national city planning. >> i think that's absolutely correct. you know it's not about density for density's sake. it's not...
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i think the issues about the paralyzing of washington. >> rose: the disfunction. >> absolutely. to me, shocking. there are a number of things where i'm not afraid of frayed to express an opinion. i don't think historically cnn has done that. i think you'll see are more of that. if you're going to compete in a market with rachel maddow and bill oriley and others firing off opinion all day long -- >> rose: you think cnn wl have to go mre like fox and msnbc in order to be compeptative? >> only in the sense of personalities, anchoring each hour, and unfrayed to express an opinion. i don't think you will see a line crossed where they become completely partisan to a party. >> rose: where do you put anderson in all that? >> that's up to anderson. anderson is one of our star anchors and has been for a long time. he expresses a lot of opinions when it matter. everyone remembers him from katrina. >> rose: or haiti. i personal would like to see more of that displu hope your political ideology doesn't cloud your judgment. that's what you have to watch out for. >> you have to be sincere. you
i think the issues about the paralyzing of washington. >> rose: the disfunction. >> absolutely. to me, shocking. there are a number of things where i'm not afraid of frayed to express an opinion. i don't think historically cnn has done that. i think you'll see are more of that. if you're going to compete in a market with rachel maddow and bill oriley and others firing off opinion all day long -- >> rose: you think cnn wl have to go mre like fox and msnbc in order to be...
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washington in the same government that is bringing this lawsuit thated that same view that the housing market was not about to collapse in such a catastrophic manner that we would have a near depression in america. that's what happened. >> brown: why do you think the government is bringing this case right now? >> i don't know why they're bringing it. this has been a priority. they've looked for three years. they've had tons of people on this case. a lot of them i'm sure believe in it. the point isn't why they're doing it, it's just that they're wrong in doing it. >> brown: floyd abrams representing s&p, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> ifill: the 2012 election may be over, but for president obama, the campaign goes on. ray suarez has that. >> suarez: it was the president's latest bid to seize the spotlight on a major question of the day. today's issue: how the avoid across-the-board spending cuts now set for march 1. >> i still believe that we can finish the job with a balanced mix of spending cuts and more tax reform. congress is already working towards a budget that would permanently
washington in the same government that is bringing this lawsuit thated that same view that the housing market was not about to collapse in such a catastrophic manner that we would have a near depression in america. that's what happened. >> brown: why do you think the government is bringing this case right now? >> i don't know why they're bringing it. this has been a priority. they've looked for three years. they've had tons of people on this case. a lot of them i'm sure believe in...
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the attack in damascus raised new fears in washington and other capitals. the bomb exploded in a meeting of syrian cabinet and top security officers-- the most serious assault yet on the core of the regime. among the dead, the defense minister, dawoud rahja and president bashar al-assad's brother-in-law, asef shawkat, who was the widely-feared deputy defense minister. one other senior official was killed, too. state television confirmed the killings and blamed unspecified terrorists. >> ( translated ): the two field marshals today, the defense minister and deputy defense minister, are not the first of our martyrs, although we hope that they are the last martyrs. >> woodruff: the opposition free syrian army claimed responsibility. a member of the syrian national council, the political arm of the resistance, said it showed the expanded scope of the rebellion, after 17 months of what is now a civil war. >> it sends a message to the syrian regime: that the hands of the syrian people and the free syrian army can reach anyone inside damascus and even bashar assad
the attack in damascus raised new fears in washington and other capitals. the bomb exploded in a meeting of syrian cabinet and top security officers-- the most serious assault yet on the core of the regime. among the dead, the defense minister, dawoud rahja and president bashar al-assad's brother-in-law, asef shawkat, who was the widely-feared deputy defense minister. one other senior official was killed, too. state television confirmed the killings and blamed unspecified terrorists. >> (...
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the secretary of homeland security-- janet napolitano-- flew in from washington to pledge full support from fema, the agency that oversees disaster aid. >> we will be here to stay. at some point the cameras will leave, the national ones will leave first, then the local ones, but on behalf of president obama and on behalf of fema we will be here to stay until this recovery is complete. >> ifill: by this morning, more than a thousand storm victims had registered with fema. local officials are estimating that as many as 33,000 residents were affected, in one way or another. >> i'm just grateful that we weren't here. you know, my wife's with me, so that's all i could ask for. >> ifill: this afternoon more of them were allowed back to see what remained of the lives they knew before the storm. >> it's just hard to imagine that one day you walk out of your house and the next few minutes you come back and it looks like this. >> this is the first tornado i've been in, so that was something else. i don't want to do it again. >> will you rebuild here? >> no, i'll move somewhere else. >> ifill: so
the secretary of homeland security-- janet napolitano-- flew in from washington to pledge full support from fema, the agency that oversees disaster aid. >> we will be here to stay. at some point the cameras will leave, the national ones will leave first, then the local ones, but on behalf of president obama and on behalf of fema we will be here to stay until this recovery is complete. >> ifill: by this morning, more than a thousand storm victims had registered with fema. local...
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alexis arrived in the washington, d.c. area on or about august 26 and he has stayed at local hotels in the area since that time. most recently, he is known to have stayed at a residence inn in southwest washington, d.c. starting on september 7. >> ifill: at the time of yesterday's shooting, alexis was an employee with w a department subcontractor, the experts, working on a navy yard computer project. to do this work, he had a valid pass granting him access to the navy yard's building 197 where he opened fire with a shoot schott gunn he brought with him. plus two handguns he took from police. friends and family expressed disbelief at the news. >> he didn't seem like he would be that kind of person that would be that upset enough to do something like that. >> as a newcomer to the family, somebody should have been watching him. >> reporter: questions were raised today at alexis's mental state. the f.b.i. refused to comment that he'd been treating at veterans affairs hospitals far series of problems including pair paranoia, a
alexis arrived in the washington, d.c. area on or about august 26 and he has stayed at local hotels in the area since that time. most recently, he is known to have stayed at a residence inn in southwest washington, d.c. starting on september 7. >> ifill: at the time of yesterday's shooting, alexis was an employee with w a department subcontractor, the experts, working on a navy yard computer project. to do this work, he had a valid pass granting him access to the navy yard's building 197...
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some of the obsessions of washington are not the focus of concern among average americans. they care about issues that affect their lives and i think they would welcome a circumstance in which washington was more collaborative and cooperative and productive. >> brown: the white house effort includes other officials as well in january, vice president biden appeared in a google fire side hangout on gun violence with newsho's hari sreenivasan. >> what's your interpretation of the second amendment? >> my interpretation is the second amendment is an individual right. >> suarez: such events happened last december during the fiscal cliff negotiations. when president obama visited a family in northern virginia to prod congress to act. his republican opponent complained about the strategy saying the president is more focused on talk than on action. this was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell two weeks ago. >> well, i'd suggest that one thing the american people don't want is a permanent campaign. the that's the last thing the american people are looking for is a permanent campai
some of the obsessions of washington are not the focus of concern among average americans. they care about issues that affect their lives and i think they would welcome a circumstance in which washington was more collaborative and cooperative and productive. >> brown: the white house effort includes other officials as well in january, vice president biden appeared in a google fire side hangout on gun violence with newsho's hari sreenivasan. >> what's your interpretation of the...
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in washington today, attorney general eric holder called it an unspeakable tragedy and a reminder. >> without question, threats against public officials-- whatever form they take-- continue to be cause for concern and vigilance. but i do not believe that these threats are as strong as the forces working for tolerance and for peace. >> ifill: the senate sergeant at arms noted today that threats to members of the senate have been increasing. >> mostly rather bizarre, the ones that... from people who have demonstrated erratic behavior. they cover a variety of areas. we investigate them closely with the f.b.i. there's been a number of arrests on those. >> ifill: members of congress will attend a security briefing tomorrow. but for now, the tucson victims remain the focus. many signed a book of condolences. the house also planned to vote on a resolution introduced by speaker john boehner to honor those killed and wounded. back in tucson, a remembrance mass will be held this evening and tomorrow president obama plans to attend a larger memorial service in the city. late today, the family of
in washington today, attorney general eric holder called it an unspeakable tragedy and a reminder. >> without question, threats against public officials-- whatever form they take-- continue to be cause for concern and vigilance. but i do not believe that these threats are as strong as the forces working for tolerance and for peace. >> ifill: the senate sergeant at arms noted today that threats to members of the senate have been increasing. >> mostly rather bizarre, the ones...
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of the "washington post" company. he joins me now. full disclosure, i worked for you for the "washington post." >> i was going to ask if you disclosed your terrible conflict. >> for seven great years in the 1980s. ruth marcus one of your leading columnists said that this is a brave and painful decision for your family to make. was it also a necessary one? >> well, we thought so. the publisher of the post now is catherine way mut. that's a job that i held when you were on the paper. i held it for 21 years. but catherine and i sat down at the end of last year, the end of 2012. we looked at how how the paper had done in 2012 and what we could reasonably expect going forward. 201 is the 7th consecutive year the paper has been down in revenues so what do you do when you have less money coming in the door? you try to innovate. we've been pretty successful at that. but not successful enough >> ifill: 44% decline. you're going back over several years there. but that's right. and mostly we have had to cut costs. the year of the financial crisi
of the "washington post" company. he joins me now. full disclosure, i worked for you for the "washington post." >> i was going to ask if you disclosed your terrible conflict. >> for seven great years in the 1980s. ruth marcus one of your leading columnists said that this is a brave and painful decision for your family to make. was it also a necessary one? >> well, we thought so. the publisher of the post now is catherine way mut. that's a job that i held...
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. >> woodruff: and brian, you talked to a number of young people yesterday both here in the washington area and on the phonin different parts of the country. wh were they sayin to you about how itent for them an why they did this. >> reporter: there was a lot of excitement yesterday among this group of undocumented young people i spoke with people in ohio, for example, and one young man had been waiting just to apply for a job to work in a political office. he wanted to work for his local state senator and because he's undocument head could don't this. he was excited to apply for this because he would be able to get a work permit and full his dream of working in politics which he hadn't been able to do until this moment. >> reporter: and the ability to get an ecation. ju the fact ey don'tave to woy about being deported for many of them makes a difference. >> and this is not going to give them legal status. but it is going to put their minds at ease they that they won't be deported for at least two years. i spoke with one young man who wanted to be an electrician but he wasn't able to g
. >> woodruff: and brian, you talked to a number of young people yesterday both here in the washington area and on the phonin different parts of the country. wh were they sayin to you about how itent for them an why they did this. >> reporter: there was a lot of excitement yesterday among this group of undocumented young people i spoke with people in ohio, for example, and one young man had been waiting just to apply for a job to work in a political office. he wanted to work for his...
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you're here in washington today. you met with congressional leaders. you were at the white house, meeting with white house officials. what are you looking for? what are you asking? >> we're looking for the strengthening of the opposition, which would have the necessary measures to be able to build up in a sereign way its ture. thene need to support all the-- >> woodruff: build up in what manner? what sort of help-- >> the future of syria must be democratic and should include all different groupings of the syrian society. and of course, the independence and the national integrity of syria should be respected. of course, this means that we need to-- that the current regime is not able to lead the democratic transition. >> woodruff: and are you asking the united states for more help? as you know, the u.s., other western countries have been reluctant to get involved militarily. >> listen, the u.s. has been committed since the beginning, as far as practical solution. morocco, also, as you correctly stated, the only arab country. we have taken all the decisi
you're here in washington today. you met with congressional leaders. you were at the white house, meeting with white house officials. what are you looking for? what are you asking? >> we're looking for the strengthening of the opposition, which would have the necessary measures to be able to build up in a sereign way its ture. thene need to support all the-- >> woodruff: build up in what manner? what sort of help-- >> the future of syria must be democratic and should include...
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tonight we take a quick look at the ticktock in the debt limition talks in washington. >> when the house takes action today, the united states senate will have no more excuses for inaction. the bill's not perfect. i've never said it was perfect. nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> rose: we ctinue this eveng with marvin kalb and his daughter deborah kalb. they have written a book about the legacy of vietnam called "haunting legacy." >> one of the most difficult things about "haunting legacy," charlie, is to try to understand what is it that presidents go through when they make major decisions about war and ace? these are human beingsnd they have fears andin obama's mind, not only the first black president in american hiory and that's on his min too is something that he cannot be careless about. >> we start withresidentord as the war wa ending and we do chapter on each president up president obama and eac president was affected by t
tonight we take a quick look at the ticktock in the debt limition talks in washington. >> when the house takes action today, the united states senate will have no more excuses for inaction. the bill's not perfect. i've never said it was perfect. nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> rose: we ctinue this eveng with marvin kalb...